{"product_id":"2009-chateau-latour-pauillac-premier-grand-cru-classe","title":"2009 Chateau Latour Pauillac Premier Grand Cru Classé","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom one of Bordeaux’s most illustrious estates, the 2009 Château Latour Pauillac Premier Grand Cru Classé is a benchmark Left Bank wine from a truly great vintage. Released as a rare “Late Release” directly from Château Latour’s own cellars in 2018, this bottle comes with impeccable provenance and optimal maturation conditions. With perfect 100\/100 scores from both Robert Parker and James Suckling, it stands as a modern reference point for Pauillac and for Latour’s legendary longevity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the glass, the 2009 Château Latour shows a deep, opaque garnet color with a youthful, almost inky core that hints at its immense concentration and long life ahead. The nose is intense and layered: ripe blackcurrant and black cherry intertwine with warm plum, cedar wood, star anise, truffle, tapenade and a subtle meaty savoriness, all underpinned by a graphite and dark earth minerality that is quintessential Pauillac.\n\nOn the palate, this is full-bodied, powerful and yet extraordinarily precise. Super-ripe, finely grained tannins wrap around a dense core of black fruit—cassis, black cherry and blackberry—lifted by remarkable freshness for such a rich vintage. Notes of tobacco, cedar, dark chocolate and savory spice unfold slowly, leading to a very long, mineral-driven finish that lingers with saline and graphite nuances. Still in its youth and only just beginning to show its complexity, this 2009 has decades of evolution ahead; expect it to develop further tertiary notes of cigar box, forest floor and dried flowers over 20–40+ years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChâteau Latour’s Grand Vin is sourced primarily from the famous Enclos, a single, walled vineyard on deep gravel over a clay subsoil in Pauillac, on the border with Saint-Julien. This exceptional terroir provides superb drainage and allows Cabernet Sauvignon to reach perfect ripeness while retaining freshness and structure. The estate’s 60 hectares are planted to roughly 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, and small amounts of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Grapes are meticulously hand-harvested parcel by parcel, with severe selection to ensure that only the finest fruit makes it into the Grand Vin. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled vats, followed by long maceration to extract color, tannin and flavor, and the wine is then aged in a high proportion of new French oak barrels, where it gains further complexity, polish and the hallmark Latour structure that underpins its remarkable aging potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood \u0026amp; Serving\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 2009 Château Latour is a grand, structured Pauillac that pairs beautifully with refined, richly flavored dishes: think roast or grilled lamb with rosemary, dry-aged ribeye or côte de boeuf, game birds, venison, or slow-braised beef. Classic French preparations with truffle, mushrooms, or a red wine reduction will echo the wine’s earthy and savory dimensions. Serve at 16–18°C (60–64°F) to highlight both its depth and freshness. Given its youth and concentration, decanting for 2–4 hours is recommended if opening now, both to soften the tannins and to allow the aromatic complexity to fully emerge; older bottles in future decades will require shorter decanting simply to remove sediment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChâteau Latour is one of the most revered names in Bordeaux, classified as a Premier Grand Cru Classé in the historic 1855 classification. Situated in Pauillac on the Left Bank, at the southern end of the appellation bordering Saint-Julien, it has long been celebrated for producing some of the most powerful, long-lived Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines in the world. The estate’s privileged position on deep gravel soils and its focus on the Enclos vineyard give Latour a signature combination of density, precision and minerality. Over the decades, the château has earned a reputation for unwavering quality, meticulous vineyard management and thoughtful modernization while remaining faithful to its heritage. Its practice of releasing select vintages later from its own cellars, as with this 2009 Late Release, underscores its commitment to offering wines at an optimal stage of development with guaranteed provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château Latour","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251837587793,"sku":"GCW-MMUI-092951-1","price":1595.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0874\/0614\/9969\/files\/2009_Chateau_Latour_Pauillac_Premier_Grand_Cru_Class.png?v=1783441752","url":"https:\/\/bottlehero.com\/products\/2009-chateau-latour-pauillac-premier-grand-cru-classe","provider":"Bottle Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}